1.) Alaric MacConal – new badge, name registered Sept. 1989
Unto Dame Elspeth Anne Roth, Laurel Queen of Arms, Lord Pietari Pentinpoika, Pelican King of Arms and the members of the Society College of Arms and all unto whom these words come, warmest greetings from Lord Dagonell Collingwood, Garnet Herald for the Sylvan Kingdom of Æthelmearc.
Please note: A mistake has been made on the latest laurel letter. I have NOT moved back to my old address. The roster however, lists my correct current address. Please send all correspondence to: David P. Salley, 5294 Webster Road, Fredonia NY 14063. DO NOT send it to 136 Shepard Street, Buffalo NY. I no longer live there
It is the intention of the Kingdom of Æthelmearc to register the following items.
1.) Alaric MacConal – new badge, name registered Sept. 1989
"Fieldless, on a saltire couped azure, five bezants."
2.) Ana im Turn – new badge, name registered May 1999
"Fieldless, an acorn sable."
Several commentators cited a conflict with Efron le Fey "Fieldless, an acorn pierced by an arrow fesswise reversed sable" but in the emblazon, the arrow is actually larger than the acorn and therefore must be considered a co-primary. It's clear.
3.) Anabella de Fyfe (F) – new name
Anabella – Withycombe, pg. 26
de Fyfe – Reaney & Wilson, pg. 168
The given variant is not specifically cited in Withycombe, however Anabell dates to 1311, and Annabella is listed as a latinized spelling. Talan Gwynek Feminine Given Names in DES, pg. 88 dates "Anabella" to c. 1308.
4.) Andro Darach (M) – new name
Andro – Black, pg. 23 (s.n. Andrew) dates this spelling to 1399
Darach – Black, pg. 201 (s.n Darroch) dates this spelling to 1406
5.) Brandric of Rhydderich Hael (M) – change of holding name to Brandric Slayrock
Brandric – submitter's currently registered name
Slayrock – spelling variant of Slaywrock (Black, pg. 731, s.n.)
Submitter will accept the additional 'w' if necessary.
6.) Charles of Alden – name in process (Æthelmearc letter #AE39), new device
"Azure, three arrows in sheaf inverted, a chief rayonny or."
Clear of: Robert McLaren "Azure, a sheaf of arrows inverted or, and in chief three mullets argent." by type and number of secondaries.
7.) Corvinus filius Nennii (M) – new name and device
Corvinus – Swanson, Donald The Names in Roman Verse pg. 90 (pce) cites this spelling four times.
Nennius – Collier's Encyclopedia under Welsh Literature (pce) cites Nennius
The byname has been changed to the nominative case.
"Per pale sable and argent, an owl perched upon a key fesswise counterchanged." The submitter will be cautioned to avoid making the key ward resemble a swastika.
8.) Cynwrig Wyn (M) – new name and device
Cynwrig -- >A Simple Guide to Constructing 13th Century Welsh Names by Tanwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn (mundanely Heather Rose Jones) lists names taken from a tax roll, The Merioneth Lay Subsidy Roll of 1292-3 (www.panix.com/~mittle/names/tangwystl/welsh13.html)
Wyn – Ibid. gives "Wyn" as a masculine spelling of "Gwyn", meaning "fair". Additionally, Morgan and Morgan dates Tudur Wyn ap Gruffigh Vechan to 1500-1516. Count Jehan was kind enough to supply additional photocopies of The Dictionary of National Biography which cites Sir John Wynn (1553-1626)
"Sable, a wolf rampant on a chief or, two triangles inverted sable."
9.) Edan inghean an Druiadh (F) – new name and device
Edan – Withycombe, pg. 93, (s.n. Edith), cited as being on the Poll Tax of 1379.
inghean an Druaidh – MacLysaght, The Surnames of Ireland, pg. 91 (derivative of Deury), a feminization of Mac an Druaidh
"Vert, a butterfly argent on a chief or, three roses gules barbed and seeded proper."
10.) Emelyne the Scrivener (F) – change of name to Diane the Scrivener and new device
If Laurel accepts the change, her current name is to be released.
Diane – the submitter's mundane first name. Withycombe, pg. 83 (s.n. Diane), says that Diane came into use in the Renaissance and cites "Diane de Poitiers" (1499-1566), the mistress of Henri II of France.
Scrivener – the submitter's current epithet.
"Vert, an open book on a chief or, three crosses fleury vert."
Clear of Deirdre Ui Mhaille "Vert, an open book or and on a chief argent three escallops inverted azure." One difference for tincture of chief, one difference for type and tincture of tertiaries.
11.) Hroswith of Southwoods (F) – new name
Hroswith – the name of a German nun (c. 935-1001) who wrote comedic religious plays in Latin. Photocopies enclosed from Living Theater: A History by Wilson and Goldfarb, McGraw-Hill and Der Grosse Brockhaus
Southwoods – Reaney & Wilson, pg. 419, header form, dates various spellings back to 1202.
12.) Marguerite de Troyes (F) – new name and device
Marguerite – cited in Catledge, Scott (SCA: Colm Dubh) An Index to the Given Names of 1292 Census of Paris (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/paris.html). It is also the submitter's mundane name.
Troyes – cited in Dauzat & Rostaing (pg. 688) as being founded in the fourth century.
"Vert, a daisy argent seeded or, a bordure or, semy of lozenges purpure."
13.) Meadhbh inghean Shéamuis (F) – new name and device
Meadhbh – O'C&M, pg. 135, "popular in late medieval Ireland"
inghean – 'daughter of'
Sheamuis – Ibid., (pg. 163, sn. Séamus). The genitive would be 'Séamuis' and 'Shéamuis' with lenition.
"Argent, a tressure purpure a dragon passant pupure."
Clear of: Alberad von Westerwanna "Argent, a dragon statant purpure breathing flames proper, in dexter chief a cauldron purpure." One difference for change of secondary, one difference for position.
14.) Morwenna of Lansallos – new name and device
Morwenna – Withycombe, pg. 223, (s.n. Morwenna) lists this name as one of a virgin saint. Talan's index of names from Reaney &Wilson dates Merwenna to 1321.
Lansallos – Mills, pg. 25, gives this as header dated to Domesday Book but not in this spelling.
"Per bend sinister gules and sable two rabbits sejant argent."
15.) Nigel of Southwoods (M) – new name
Nigel – a header form in Withycombe, pg. 228, the form is dated from 1086 on.
Southwoods – Reaney & Wilson, pg. 419, header form, dates various spellings back to 1202.
16.) Patricia de Moseleia (F) – new name
Patricia – Withycombe, pg. 238, (s.n. Patricia)
de Moseleia – Reaney & Wilson, pg. 315, (s.n. Moseley) dates this spelling to 1195
17.) Sara of Cambridge (F) – new name and device
Sara – Withycombe, pg. 263 (s.n. Sara(h)) It is found in use in England as a Christian name from the 12th C.
Cambridge – Reaney & Wilson, pg. 81, (s.n. Cambridge) cites examples of this University town which date back to the Domesday Boke in various spellings.
"Sable a compass star and on a chief rayonny or three roses gules."
She has permission to conflict with her husband, Robert of Hazeltine, "Sable, a compass star and on a chief rayonny or, a sword sable.".
18.) Tárlach MacLave (M) – new name and device Tárlach – O'C&M, pg. 169 (sn. Tárlach)
MacLave – The Surnames of Ireland by MacLysaght pg 190 (derivative of MacClave)
"Per chevron throughout argent and azure, two ravens close with dexter claw elevated sable and a sun argent eclipsed sable."
Clear of: Thorvaldr Gángläre Vakkerfjell "Per chevron throughout argent and azure two ravens addorsed sable and three drinking horns in annulo argent." with two differences for type and number of charges.
Clear of: Brann Morgan Dunmore of Galloway "Argent, upon a pile inverted throughout between two ravens sable, a tower argent." with differences for change of tincture and change of color and type of tertiary.
19.) Yang Liu (F) – new name and device
Yang – Family name which translates as "Oak"
Liu – Personal name which means "Willow"
The submitter wishes to be a woman from the City of Chang-An, a capital of the Chinese empire. In the twentieth century, it is know as Xi-An, in central China. Her time period is the Early Tang Dynasty, roughly 700-720 A.D. The Tang Dynasty lasted from 618 to 907 A.D. The submitter has provided extensive documentation, copious citations and photocopies in both Chinese and English. She's even included how to write her name in Chinese. The central work is The Chinese Reader's Manual by William Frederick Mayers, the Chinese Secretary to Her Britannic Majesty's Legation at Peking. Publisher is American Presbyterian Mission Press in Shanghai.
"Gules, on a fess cotised argent, a willow gules."
In Service,
Dagonell Collingwood